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The Elephant's Leash


Kisa no tsuna
Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Japanese
Edo period
Bunka era (1804–18)
Medium/Technique Handscroll; ink, color, gold, and mica on silk
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 566.3 cm (13 3/8 x 222 15/16 in.)
Image: 30.6 x 536 cm (12 1/16 x 211 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.09.232
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné 103; Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 47
ProvenanceBy 1909, sold by an unidentified collector or dealer in Japan to William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston; 1909, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1909)